Dwight Locke Wilbur
American physician
Dwight Locke Wilbur | |
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| Born | September 18, 1903 |
| Died | March 9, 1997 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Stanford University University of Pennsylvania |
| Occupation | Medical doctor |
| Parent | Ray Lyman Wilbur |
Dwight Locke Wilbur (September 18, 1903 – March 9, 1997) was a medical doctor and president of the American Medical Association. During his 1968-69 tenure, he was instrumental in convincing that organization to accept Medicare after many years of opposition.[1]
Biography
Early life
Dwight Locke Wilbur was born on September 18, 1903. His father was Secretary of the Interior and AMA President Ray Lyman Wilbur. He graduated from Stanford University in 1923 and received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1926.
Career
He was a founder of both the San Francisco Society of Internal Medicine and the California Society of Internal Medicine.[2] He also served as president of the American Gastroenterological Association from 1954 to 1955 and president of the American College of Physicians in 1959.[3] As a gastroenterologist and professor of medicine at Stanford starting in 1949, he published more than 200 scholarly articles.[4]
Death
He died on March 9, 1997.
External links
- Dwight Locke Wilbur: An Oral History, Stanford Historical Society Oral History Program, 1981
References
- ^ Dwight L. Wilbur, 93, President of A.M.A who aided Medicare, The New York Times, March 15, 1997
- ^ Dwight L. Wilbur, 93, President of A.M.A who aided Medicare, The New York Times, March 15, 1997
- ^ "A Favorite Son", Stanford Magazine, March 1997
- ^ Dwight L. Wilbur, 93, President of A.M.A who aided Medicare, The New York Times, March 15, 1997
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- Alexander Hodgdon Stevens (1848–1849)
- John Collins Warren (1849–1850)
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- Beverly R. Wellford (1852–1853)
- Jonathan Knight (1853–1854)
- Charles A. Pope (1854–1855)
- George Bacon Wood (1855–1856)
- Zina Pitcher (1856–1857)
- Paul F. Eve (1857–1858)
- Harvey Lindsly (1858–1859)
- Henry Miller (1859–1860)
- Eli Ives (1860–1861)
- Alden March (1863–1864)
- Nathan Smith Davis (1864–1866)
- David Humphreys Storer (1866–1867)
- Henry F. Askew (1867–1868)
- Samuel D. Gross (1868–1869)
- William O. Baldwin (1869–1870)
- George Mendenhall (1870–1871)
- Alfred Stillé (1871–1872)
- D. W. Yandell (1872–1873)
- Thomas M. Logan (1873–1874)
- Joseph M. Toner (1874–1875)
- W. K. Bowling (1875–1876)
- J. Marion Sims (1876–1877)
- Henry I. Bowditch (1877–1878)
- T. G. Richardson (1878–1879)
- Theophilus Parvin (1879–1880)
- Lewis Sayre (1880–1881)
- John T. Hodgen (1881–1882)
- Joseph Janvier Woodward (1882–1883)
- John Light Atlee (1883–1884)
- Austin Flint I (1884–1885)
- H. F. Campbell (1885–1886)
- William Brodie (1886–1887)
- E. H. Gregory (1887–1888)
- A. Y. P. Garnett (1888–1889)
- W. W. Dawson (1889–1890)
- E. M. Moore (1890–1891)
- W. T. Briggs (1891–1892)
- H. O. Marcy (1892–1893)
- Hunter McGuire (1893–1894)
- James F. Hibberd (1894–1895)
- Donald MacLean, 1885–1896)
- R. Beverly Cole (1896–1897)
- Nicholas Senn (1897–1898)
- George Miller Sternberg (1898–1899)
- J. M. Mathews (1899–1900)
- William Williams Keen (1900–1901)
- C. A. L. Reed (1901–1902)
- John Allan Wyeth (1902–1903)
- Frank Billings (1903–1904)
- John Herr Musser (1904–1905)
- L. S. McMurtry (1905–1906)
- William James Mayo (1906–1907)
- Joseph D. Bryant (1907–1908)
- H. L. Burrell (1908–1909)
- William C. Gorgas (1909–1910)
- William H. Welch (1910–1911)
- John Benjamin Murphy (1911–1912)
- Abraham Jacobi (1912–1913)
- John A. Witherspoon (1913–1914)
- Victor C. Vaughan (1914–1915)
- William L. Rodman (1915)
- Albert Vander Veer (vice president) (1915–1916)
- Rupert Blue (1916–1917)
- Charles Horace Mayo (1917–1918)
- Arthur D. Bevan (1918–1919)
- Alexander Lambert (1919–1920)
- William Clarence Braisted (1920–1921)
- Hubert Work (1921–1922)
- George de Schweinitz (1922–1923)
- Ray Lyman Wilbur (1923–1924)
- William Allen Pusey (1924–1925)
- William D. Haggard (1925–1926)
- Wendell C. Phillips (1926–1927)
- Jabez N. Jackson (1927–1928)
- William W. Thayer (1928–1929)
- Malcolm L. Harris (1929–1930)
- William Gerry Morgan (1930–1931)
- E. Starr Judd (1931–1932)
- Edward H. Cary (1932–1933)
- Dean D. Lewis (1933–1934)
- Walter L. Bierring (1934–1935)
- James S. McLester (1935–1936)
- James Tate Mason (1936)
- Charles G. Heyd (1936–1937)
- J. H. J. Upham (1937–1938)
- Irvin Abell (1938–1939)
- Rock Sleyster (1939–1940)
- Nathan B. Van Etten (1940–1941)
- Frank Lahey (1941–1942)
- Fred W. Rankin (1942–1943)
- James E. Paullin (1943–1944)
- Herman L. Kretschmer (1944–1945)
- Roger I. Lee (1945–1946)
- H. H. Shoulders (1946–1947)
- Edward L. Bortz (1947–1948)
- Roscoe L. Sensenich (1948–1949)
- Ernest E. Irons (1949–1950)
- Elmer L. Henderson (1950–1951)
- John W. Cline (1951–1952)
- Louis H. Bauer (1952–1953)
- Edward J. McCormick (1953–1954)
- Walter B. Martin (1954–1955)
- Elmer Hess (1955–1956)
- Dwight H. Murray (1956–1957)
- David B. Allman (1957–1958)
- Gunnar Gundersen (1958–1959)
- Louis M. Orr (1959–1960)
- E. Vincent Askey (1960–1961)
- Leonard W. Larson (1961–1962)
- George M. Fister (1962–1963)
- Edward R. Annis (1963–1964)
- Norman A. Welch (1964)
- Donovan F. Ward (vice president) (1964–1965)
- James Z. Appel (1965–1966)
- Charles L. Hudson (1966–1967)
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